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special counsel Robert Muller is report released Thursday details at times a chaotic trump White House revealing moments of desperation insubordination and misleading messaging in may two thousand seventeen when trump learns that former FBI director Muller was appointed special counsel to investigate Russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen election he thought it was over Mahler wrote quote the president slumped back in his chair and said oh my god this is terrible this is the end of my presidency I'm fine , and as time went on from exploring his options tried to get maillot fired he approached then White House counsel John began calling him twice on June seventeenth two thousand seventeen began recalled the president telling him quote mother has to go and call me back when you do it began did not carry out the order and trump never followed up the special counsel's report also reviewed press secretary Sarah Sanders repeatedly misled the media about the firing of FBI director James call me when she said that no morality bureau had led to the president's decision and most importantly the rank and file of the FBI had lost confidence in their director and she repeated her assertion the next date I've heard from countless sad members of the FBI that are grateful and thankful for the president's decision you personally have talked to help with FBI , officials employees since this happened right I mean really like I mean I mean really , like email text messages absolutely but according to my list report quoted the evidence does not support those claims adding Sanders acknowledged investigators that her comments were not founded on anything